Opinion by Hamid Mir: How the world should help Pakistan with its never-ending flood disaster
when a truck ran over them at the side of the road.
Pointing toward his destroyed village a few hundred meters away, he explained: “We escaped from the floodwaters, but death followed us on this dry road.” He and his family were sitting at the side of the road because they had no shelter — not even a tent. He had received no compensation from the government despite many promises made by high officials.
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